Psalms 62:3

Psalms 62:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
• English Standard Version (ESV)How long will all of you attack a man to batter him, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?
• New King James Version (NKJV)How long will you attack a man? You shall be slain, all of you, Like a leaning wall and a tottering fence.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So many enemies against one man— all of them trying to kill me. To them I’m just a broken-down wall or a tottering fence.

Context of Psalms 62:3

1Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. 2Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. How long will you assault me? Would all of you throw me down— this leaning wall, this tottering fence? 4Surely they intend to topple me from my lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse. 5Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.

Psalms 62:3 word by word

עַד־אָ֤נָה׀ תְּהֽוֹתְת֣וּ עַל אִישׁ֮ תְּרָצְּח֪וּ כֻ֫לְּכֶ֥ם כְּקִ֥יר נָט֑וּי גָּ֝דֵ֗ר הַדְּחוּיָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• How long will ye imagine mischiefהוּתhâthath · to assailH2050
• against a manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• ye shall be slainרָצַחrâtsach · to murderH7523
• all of you: as a bowingנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• wallקִירqîyr qir qîyrâh · wallH7023
• a totteringדָּחָהdâchâh dâchach · to thrustH1760
• fenceגָּדֵרgâdêr · wallH1447

Cross-references for Psalms 62:3

• Psalms 4:2How long will you people turn my glory into shame? How long will you love delusions and seek false gods?
• Psalms 82:2“How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked?
• Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me.
• Exodus 16:28Then the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commands and my instructions?
• Proverbs 1:22“How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
• Proverbs 6:9How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?
• Jeremiah 4:14Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart and be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts?
• Matthew 17:17“You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.”
• Psalms 21:11Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed.
• Psalms 38:12Those who want to kill me set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they scheme and lie.
• Psalms 140:2who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.
• Hosea 7:15I trained them and strengthened their arms, but they plot evil against me.
• Psalms 73:18Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin.
• 1 Samuel 26:10As surely as the Lord lives,” he said, “the Lord himself will strike him, or his time will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
• Isaiah 30:13this sin will become for you like a high wall, cracked and bulging, that collapses suddenly, in an instant.

Commentaries on Psalms 62:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3How long will ye imagine mischief - The original word, תהותתו tehothethu, has been translated variously; rush upon, rage against, stir yourselves up, thrust against: the root is התת hathath or התה hathah, to rush violently upon, to assault. It points out the disorderly riotous manner in which this rebellion was conducted. As a bowing wall - a tottering fence - Ye are just ready to fall upon others, and destroy them; and in that fall yourselves shall be…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? - The original word here rendered “imagine mischief,” from התת hâthath occurs only in this place. It means, according to Gesenius (Lexicon), to break in upon; to set upon; to assail: “How long will ye break in upon a man?” that is, set upon him. So the Septuagint, and the Latin Vulgate. It does not refer to their merely forming purposes of mischief against a man, but to their making assaults upon him; to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4The enemies want to overthrow the king using lies and tricks.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Their destruction will come; as a tottering wall they already are feeble and failing. bowing wall shall ye be--better supply "are." Some propose to apply these phrases to describe the condition of "a man"--that is, the pious suffer: thus, "Will ye slay him," &c.; but the other is a good sense.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 62:3

• Fence
• Malice
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Expectation
• Fence
• Imagine
• Jeduthun
• Psalms
• Bowing
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Psalms, Book of

Commentaries on Psalms 62

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings